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What is NYC AC § 20-566.6?

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This section outlines the enforcement provisions for self-storage facility operators, allowing the commissioner to suspend or revoke licenses after multiple violations. It establishes civil penalties for unlicensed operation and false record-keeping. Applies to self-storage facility operators and those advertising such services without a license.

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§ 20-566.6 Enforcement.

AC § 20-566.6

a. In addition to any powers of the commissioner and not in limitation thereof, the commissioner may suspend or revoke the license of any self-storage facility operator, after due notice and opportunity to be heard, who is found to have committed 5 or more violations of this subchapter within a 2-year period. b. A self-storage facility operator who violates any provision of this subchapter or any rule promulgated thereunder is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. Each such violation is a separate and distinct violation and in case of a continuing violation, every day’s continuance thereof is a separate and distinct violation. c. Any person who is not a licensed self-storage facility operator under the provisions of this subchapter who operates a self-storage facility is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each day of operation without a license. d. Any person who is not a licensed self-storage facility operator who advertises, represents in any manner, or claims to operate a self-storage facility is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. e. Any person who willfully makes any false entry in the records kept by a self-storage facility operator pertaining to the self-storage facility operator’s business, who willfully destroys or falsifies such records, or who willfully neglects or fails to make full, true, or correct entries in such records or keeps any records with the intent to evade the provisions of this subchapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (L.L. 2025/171, 11/28/2025, eff. 8/25/2026)

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